Introduction to Mass Communication, Media Literacy and Culture by Stanley J. Baran

Chapter 1

Communication
   Interpersonal
   Mass
   Cultural definition
Feedback
Encoding
Decoding
Noise
Medium
Mass medium
Media
Inferential feedback
Culture
   Dominant
   Bounded
Media effects
   Micro level
   Macro level
Research
   Administrative
   Critical
Perspective
   Transmissional
   Ritual
Cultural storyteller
Cultural forum
Technological determinism
Concentration of media ownership
Oligopoly
Globalization
Audience fragmentation
Narrowcasting
Niche marketing
Targeting
Taste publics
Convergence
Synergy

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